Note: we compare the current figures with the same figures for this time last year, and not with the previous quarter. Green equals growth; red declined; purple maintained, new entrant or renamed; orange discontinued or resigned; pink no submission or suspended;brown minimal newsstand sales; and grey moved to a new category.

ABC member circulation totals

Daily newspapers: down to 1 163 265, compared to 1 278 157 for the previous corresponding period

Weekly papers: down to 473 112 from 514 592

Weekend papers: down to 1 397 409 from 1 580 602

Local papers: down to 335 832 from 365 612

Free papers: down to 6 212 813 from 6 315 420

Daily papers

In Gauteng, Pretoria News has declined to 13 773 from 14 649 (sales below 50% of retail cost = declined to 2 711). Beeld has fallen to 39 961 from 45 145 in the previous corresponding reporting period. The Star is down to 80 345 from 86 643 (sales below 50% = 11 440). Sowetan is down to 73 610 from 88 741.

In the Cape, Die Burger (Eastern and Western Cape editions) has declined to 47 673 from 50 276. The Cape Argus has decreased to 29 038 from 30 265 [3 288 to Print Media in Education (PMIE)], while the Cape Times has also declined to 30 963 from 31 342 (2 755 copies go to PMIE). Son has fallen to 72 057 from 77 473.

In the Eastern Cape, Daily Dispatch has fallen to 18 791 from 22 451, and The Herald to 18 841 from 20 777.

In KwaZulu-Natal,The Mercury has declined to 26 361 from 26 746, and the Daily News is down to 23 559 from 25 373 (963 = sales below 50%). The Witness has declined to 13 118 from 14 142.

Business Day has declined to 20 056 from 24 508, The Citizen to 44 147 from 47 373 (single copy sales: 28 653), and Daily Sun to 164 923 from 194 506. Isolezwehas fallen to 85 491 from 94 581. The Times is down to 48 096 from 63 954 (when will the slashing stop?).

Volksblad has declined to 14 701 from 16 230.Diamond Fields Advertiser is down to 7 917 from 8 373.

Ilanga Langesonto is down to 36 914 from 43 329 and Isolezwe ngeSonto has declined to 68 560 from 78 092. Isolezwe ngoMgqibelo has fallen to 68 821 from 76 115.

In terms of the weeklies, The Post is down to 39 699 from 43 992 (sales below 50%: 2 525) and Ilanga has fallen to 65 101 from 69 988. The Mail & Guardian has fallen to 29 420 from 32 727.Soccer Laduma is down to 260 950 from 279 237.